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Rowan Hooper is a senior editor at New Scientist and host of the award-winning New Scientist Weekly podcast. He has a PhD in evolutionary biology, and his work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian and the Economist. In this collection, the Blinkist Shortcast host shares his favorite titles on science, technology, and climate change. You'll find out about the immediate actions needed to fight climate change to address the rapid collapse of Earth's biodiversity, discover how the evolutionary history of our bodies can be traced back to fish, and find a hopeful vision of humanity’s future.

Rowan Hooper's Book Recommendations

The state of our world and where we should be heading towards
A Life on Our Planet
A Life on Our Planet
David Attenborough
My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future
22 min
4.6
Drawdown
Drawdown
Paul Hawken (ed.)
The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
28 min
4.3
Silent Spring
Silent Spring
Rachel Carson
The Classic that Moved the Environmental Movement
13 min
4.4
The Power of Climate Summits
The Power of Climate Summits
Collective action can be powerful but is change possible for the climate, and if so, how? In this episode of the Outrage + Optimism Shortcast, Christiana Figueres, Paul Dickinson and Tom Rivett-Carnac discuss the impact of climate change summits on policy, the 1.5 degree pledge, and how to stay optimistically realistic in the face of an uncertain future.
13 min
4.2
The Future We Choose
The Future We Choose
Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac
Surviving the Climate Crisis
27 min
4.1
Finding the Mother Tree
Finding the Mother Tree
Suzanne Simard
Discovering How the Forest Is Wired for Intelligence and Healing
36 min
4.5
Underbug
Underbug
Lisa Margonelli
An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology
22 min
4.6
Entangled Life
Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake
How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change our Minds and Shape Our Futures
26 min
4.7
Shape
Shape
Jordan Ellenberg
The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else
26 min
3.9
Is a Cure for Aging Possible?
Is a Cure for Aging Possible?
Aging is the cause of an enormous amount of death and suffering world-wide. We think of it as a natural and inevitable part of life, but according to computational biologist Dr. Andrew Steele, it doesn’t have to be. In this episode, you'll learn what scientists mean when they talk about a "cure for aging" and some of the promising areas of research being explored.
9 min
4.6
Superintelligence
Superintelligence
Nick Bostrom
Paths, Dangers, Strategies
17 min
4.1
Until the End of Time
Until the End of Time
Brian Greene
Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe
27 min
4.5
Geography: How The Earth Shaped Human History
Geography: How The Earth Shaped Human History
Great leaders? Industrial change? Revolutions? If you thought these were the things that shaped history, think again. In this episode, Dan hears about how the minerals beneath our feet and the air currents surrounding us have shaped the course of human civilization.
13 min
5.0
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